69 firebird conv. Project help!!!!

[Roberts68]

Damn. That car looks to be a sincerely sound foundation.
BMR asked you some of the all important questions. See how you can answer them honestly and remember, your 10k divided out comes to $3300/yr... there are many here that would spend that on components in no time flat. $1k spindles + $1k upper/lower control arms + front brakes... wait 12 months, repeat inserting different parts.

All kidding aside, what are your goals? How much do you plan to change about the car? Wheel size?
You can make a pretty awesome cruiser out of that 'Bird and stay within your budget... but you need to have some will power. Some days I wish I had more of it, I would probably have a year or two more seat time behind me.